Tuesday, August 6, 2013

DharmaQuiz Session 227: 06-Aug-2013

Out of the 7 hills in Tirupati, over which hill is the grand Venkateshwara or Balaji temple built? #DharmaQuiz 1511. Ans: Venkatadri.

Millions of people offer hair when they visit Tirupati temple. Out of the 7 hills, which hill's goddess accepts the hair? #DharmaQuiz 1512. Ans: Neela Devi of Neeladri.

7 hills of Tirumala/Tirupati are supposed to represent one for each head of a famous being close to Vishnu. Name the being. #DharmaQuiz 1513. Ans: Shesha, Vishnu's snake. Hence the place is also known as Seshachalam.

Out of 7 sacred hills of Tirumala, six are linked to Vishnu or associates. But one is linked to Shiva's vahana. Which one? #DharmaQuiz 1514. Ans: Vrishabhadri named on Vrisha or bull.

{Final, Open till 10 PM} Out of 7 hills of Tirumala, one looks naturally like a bird. Name the hill. #DharmaQuiz 1515. Ans: Garudadri, named after Vishu's bird vehicle Garuda.

For DQ 1515. {Pic from seearoundglobe.blogspot}

Toppers of session 227:

@Sai_swaroopa : 5

@gboxam : 5

@cubicle_warrier : 5

@ankushraj29 : 5

@manya_rao : 5

@srkvanjari : 5

@KaushikRg : 5

@sweetandu : 5

@cgmagia : 5

Congrats to:

@GirishLN : 4

@Baacharaju : 4

@sushmahari : 4

@yparikh : 3

@kmukundra : 2

@kiran_en25 : 2

@Sravan : 2

@ishuaadi : 2

@ssmalani : 2

@chaitanyadj : 2

@Susri1210 : 1

@uchidambaram : 1

@rknannuta : 1

@PrashantRastog1 : 1

@cheenisrini : 1

@Ameysd : 1

@ravlu : 1

@Bengalur_Huduga : 1

@TechBluePrints : 1

@Keefarqpaindha : 1

@Bhaarateeyudu : 1

Congrats to all those who got onto the score board. Tirumala temple is the world's most visited Hindu temple (or probably the most visited among all religious places, throughout the year).